September 27, 2010: Did your parish collect money? Send your totals and photos to giveitawaynow@lifeteen.com
Do you have change and don’t know where to send it? Find out more information at waterinafrica.org
Check out photos and totals that you’ve collected at LifeTeen.com/Community.
We’re getting results in from parishes who collected change to help build water wells in Africa. (You can send your totals and photos to giveitawaynow@lifeteen.com.) Take a look at the photos below of Life Teen and Edge groups who participated. Good job everyone!
Do you have change and don’t know where to send it? Find out more information at waterinafrica.org
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More Information about our partner W.A.T.E.R.
Water In Africa Through Everyday Responsiveness (W.A.T.E.R.) is an NGO which began in 2005 for the purpose of providing water and sanitation to the most rural of African villages. It originated to provide water to Guinea Worm endemic villages in West Africa. Guinea Worm is a water borne disease, which has been targeted for eradication by The Carter Center, The World Health Organization and governments throughout the world. It is likely to be the second disease ever eradicated in the history of mankind. The first was smallpox.
W.A.T.E.R. has provided hand dug wells, drilled boreholes, mechanized boreholes and built rain catchment systems in guinea worm endemic and other villages. In Ghana, much of the work is done through Catholic Relief Services (CRS), who organizes the drilling, works with the communities, etc. Other partners have included UNICEF and World Vision. The partner can vary depending on the location of the problem and what the correct water solution is for that village.
The funds collected on Life Teen’s Give It Away Now: Thirst for Change Night are expected to fund drilled boreholes with CRS. It costs about $12,000 to drill a borehole, install casing, do a water quality test, build a concrete pad, fit it with a handpump and train the community. In the Northern part of Ghana, water is at a premium. According to Community Water and Sanitation in Ghana, 42% of the people in the area W.A.T.E.R. and CRS have worked together do not have access to clean water. One borehole and a handpump provide water for 300 people.